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Ethnobotany of the Himalayas

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Asparagopsis abyssinica Kunth; Asparagopsis acerosa Kunth; Asparagopsis brownei Kunth; Asparagopsis decaisnei Kunth; Asparagopsis floribunda Kunth; Asparagopsis hohenackeri Kunth; Asparagopsis javanica Kunth; Asparagopsis retrofracta Schweinf. ex Baker; Asparagopsis sarmentosa Dalzell & A.Gibson; Asparagopsis subquadrangularis Kunth; Asparagus acerosus Roxb.; Asparagus dubius Decne.; Asparagus fasciculatus R.Br.; Asparagus jacquemontii Baker; Asparagus penduliflorus Zipp. ex Span.; Asparagus petitianus A.Rich.; Asparagus stachyoides Spreng. ex Baker; Asparagus tetragonus Bresler; Asparagus zeylanicus (Baker) Hook.f.; Protasparagus acerosus (Kunth) Kamble; Protasparagus jacquemontii (Baker) Kamble; Protasparagus racemosus (Willd.) Oberm.; Protasparagus racemosus var. javanicus (Kunth) Kamble; Protasparagus racemosus var. subacerosus (Baker) Kamble; Protasparagus zeylanicus (Hook.f.) Kamble; Geitonoplesium scandens Hassk.

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  1. Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Southern Queensland, QLD, Queensland, Australia

    Ram Prasad Acharya

  2. Practical Solutions Consultancy, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Ram Prasad Acharya

  3. Department of Plant Resources, Ministry of Forests and Environment, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Rose Shrestha

  4. Cultural Geography, Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Florida, USA

    Ripu M. Kunwar

  5. Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Ripu M. Kunwar

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  7. Department of Botany, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

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  8. Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Rainer W. Bussmann & Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana

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    Rainer W. Bussmann

  10. Herbario Nacionál de Bolivia, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia

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Acharya, R.P. et al. (2021). Asparagus racemosus Willd. Asparagaceae. In: Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45597-2_29-1

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